I've thought about this. I've read about people who experienced what was essentially a fully different reality than the one of which they were previously conscious. I don't know that it's actually moving from one reality to another. It might be. Or it might be something we can't really comprehend at all with our material mind.
Some people do use an "alternate reality" model, and it works for them. In this model, you move into alternate realities which are similar to the one you've been experiencing, because the one you're experiencing is the one with which you're currently best aligned. When you change your mind, you change your reality, and move into another one which is better aligned.
Personally, that doesn't work well for me, though I find it wonderfully intriguing.
I prefer the "reality as lucid dream" model. It just suits this particular mind.
What I have perceived directly is that everything is, actually, EVERYTHING. Every possibility, every thought of every possibility, anything and everything, it all exists, right now, simultaneously. The filter that prevents you from, just for example, experiencing an elephant in your backyard, is YOU. Your thoughts, your beliefs, your expectations, your ideas, etc., this is what selectively generates the unique story that is your life experience out of the infinity of everything. The illusion of time and space play into it, of course, but what I've seen/experienced is that there is nothing that is not, cannot, will not, has not happened (actually, it's all happening right now, once you remove the time-space constraints).
But the big the thing is.... all of these concepts and ideas and such are all just models, metaphors. Some "fit" better than others for different minds. And the ultimate reality, if there is such a thing, may not be even perceptible by a human mind (even if that mind is convinced that it is). So I think just find a model that works for you, and go with that and see if it works out. If not, find a different one. Eventually, you'll find a metaphor you can live with and use.
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